TY  - JOUR
TI  - Experiences of cognitive coaching
AU  - Gyllensten, K.
AU  - Palmer, S.
AU  - Nilsson, E.
AU  - Regnér, A.
AU  - Frodi, A.
AB  - Objectives: Cognitive coaching and cognitive behavioural coaching are approaches practiced by many coaching psychologists (Palmer & Whybrow, 2007). However, there is a lack of qualitative studies evaluating these approaches. The main objective of/with the present study was to investigate a number of participants’ experiences of cognitive coaching. Design: As the study aimed to explore individuals’ experiences of cognitive coaching, a qualitative design was used. In particular, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (Smith & Osborn, 2003) was used to analyse the data. Methods: The study took place in Sweden and 10 individuals, who had participated in cognitive coaching in the workplace, were interviewed. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect the data.  Results: Four main themes emerged from the analysis, and one of these ‘new cognitive and emotional knowledge’ will be discussed in this article. This main theme had two sub-themes, ‘working with thoughts’ and ‘regulate emotions’. Conclusions: The study found that cognitive coaching helped participants to change unhelpful thinking and regulate difficult emotions, and these findings support the continuing development of cognitive/cognitive behavioural coaching.
IS  - 1
JO  - Coaching Psykologi
PY  - 2011
KW  - qualitative research
KW  - cognitive behavioural coaching
KW  - cognitive coaching
KW  - new cognitive and emotional knowledge
KW  - IPA
SP  - 89
EP  - 98
UR  - tidsskrift.dk/cp/article/view/5701/4987
VL  - 1
LA  - English
ER  -